Public water system record
Northfield Water District
Serves Northfield, Franklin County, MA · 800 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 1 monitoring/reporting issue for Northfield Water District in the last ten years.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 1
Key facts
- Northfield Water District draws water from 1 well.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by Massachusetts, October 2016.
- Record on file since 1991, with 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 177 unknown out of 268 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Consumer Confidence Rule
OTHER
|
Jul 1, 2016 | Resolved |
Full record since 1991
EPA's records for Northfield Water District go back to 1991. Before October 19, 2016 they list 6 health-based violations (4 resolved, 2 archived by EPA without a recorded fix) and 92 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | 33 |
| 2000s | 2 | 58 |
| 2010 to October 18, 2016 | 2 | 1 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Coliform, began December 2012, Resolved.
Show all 6 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Dec 1, 2012 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Jan 1, 2011 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 2009 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Treatment technique failure
|
Jan 1, 2000 | Resolved |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
Nov 1, 1994 | Archived |
|
Total Coliform
Contaminant limit exceeded
|
May 1, 1994 | Archived |
Enforcement actions
Massachusetts regulators took 16 formal enforcement actions against Northfield Water District and issued 1 boil water order between 1985 and 2016, filed as 18 records in EPA's data. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in October 2016.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 2016 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Jan 25, 2013 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Feb 11, 2011 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Jan 19, 2010 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Total Coliform |
| Feb 21, 2006 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| Jan 20, 2006 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| Aug 23, 2001 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Consumer Confidence Rule |
| Aug 3, 2001 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 55 violations: p-Dichlorobenzene, Vinyl chloride, trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene, Carbon tetrachloride, 1,2-Dichloropropane |
| Feb 27, 2001 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule |
| Aug 29, 2000 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation (1 health-based): Lead and Copper Rule |
| Jul 27, 1999 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Nitrite, Nitrate |
| Mar 2, 1999 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 21 violations: 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene, DICHLOROMETHANE, 1,1-Dichloroethylene, trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene, 1,2-Dichloroethane |
| Aug 5, 1998 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Nitrate |
| May 13, 1998 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| Mar 18, 1997 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 5 violations: Gross Beta Particle Activity, 38-STRONTIUM-90, Tritium, Radium-226, Radium-228 |
| Nov 23, 1994 | Massachusetts | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Total Coliform |
| Sep 30, 1985 | Massachusetts | Boil water order | 1 violation |
Where the water comes from
Northfield Water District draws water from 1 well.
Annual water quality report
Northfield Water District must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.
Where the state allows it, systems serving fewer than 10,000 people may publish the report in a local newspaper or news site instead of mailing it, and must provide a copy on request.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by Massachusetts.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells